Country Fried Steak

Submitted by MizzNezz

"Good old country food! The fellows love this one!!"

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 3⁄4 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup cracker crumb
• 4 cube steaks
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup milk

directions

1. Mix flour, salt, and pepper.
2. Put buttermilk in shallow bowl.
3. Put crumbs in another bowl.
4. Coat steaks with flour, then buttermilk, and then crumbs.
5. Cook in hot oil for 5-6 minutes a side.
6. Remove and keep warm.
7. To skillet add soup and milk; bring to a boil, stirring.
8. Serve steaks with the gravy.

Reviews

[legzzy McKinsey]

very good and easy to make, the mushroom gravy with a little added garlic powder and black pepper was very tasty. I got 4 lbs of cube steak and easily feed 5 1/2 (my daughter doesn't eat very much) with mashed potatoes and green bean casserole as side dishes. I used roasted garlic flavored bread crumbs instead of the crackers, it gave it a very good flavor. I would definately recommend just turning the steaks once and cooking the entire 6 minutes on each side, flipping them over and over causes all the spices to fall off and stick to the pan.

 

[ketchupqueen]

Hugely wonderful. I'm a California transplant, so my husband is always happy when I make anything that tastes like Texas cooking! The steak turned out tender and was done about medium when cooked 6 mins. on each side. I like mine a little more done, I might do it a little longer next time. The "gravy" was wonderful. I trimmed the fat from the steak (we used sirloin), used low-fat milk, and used 98% fat-free soup, to make it more digestible by my California-educated stomach. Really a wonderful recipe, so easy, and now my husband is happy I'll cook fried steak for him. :) Highly recommended!

 

[sissy79]

I also used Ritz crackers for this and it is wonderful!!!!! Thanks!!!

 

[bugsmom122402]

This was excellent. I read the other reviews and it made me want to tweek the gravy a bit. I saute'd some onion and fresh mushrooms chopped small before adding the soup and milk. It was a big hit with my 6 year old and my husband. My 6 year old crushed the crackers, poured the buttermilk in the dish, and helped dredge the meat in all of them. He really is a good cook. For dessert he made dirt cups and all i had to do was measure the milk out. He did the rest, including dividing it all into cups. It was all so delicious.

 

[Lennie]

I really wanted to try this recipe for three reasons: I rarely buy cube steaks; I love buttermilk and the coating on these steaks intrigued me; I am trying to save $$$ and this looked like an inexpensive meal. Now, this style of fried steak is not common in Canada, so I was kind of flying blind here, not really knowing what to expect. I think this dinner falls into the "guilty-pleasure" category: after all, there's cholesterol in the meat, trans-fats in the crackers and plenty of sodium in the soup. Ah well, to heck with all that: we loved this! I used crushed Ritz crackers instead of saltines (had some left over from xmas entertaining and this enabled me to use them up), otherwise I stuck to the recipe. The only change I HAD to make was using more than one cup of crumbs; one cup wasn't nearly enough. The recipe wasn't difficult to prepare and the end result pleased my entire family, particularly my husband. It wasn't costly to put together, and now I have some leftover buttermilk in the fridge, too. I still don't know how often I'll buy cube steaks, but I will likely turn to this recipe the next time I do!